PEN America Speaks: How We Defended and Celebrated Free Expression This Week
PEN America works tirelessly to defend free expression, support persecuted writers, and promote literary culture. Here are some of the latest ways PEN America is speaking out. More
PEN Translation Fund Donor’s Identity Revealed
Translator Michael Henry Heim, who passed away on Sunday, was revealed yesterday to be the donor who began and continues to support the PEN Translation Fund. More
Elisabeth Sifton Appointed At-Large Trustee
The Board of PEN American Center, the largest branch of the world’s oldest literary and human rights organization, voted at their meeting on March 8, 2012, to appoint Elisabeth… More
2012 PEN American Center Election Results
PEN American Center announced at the Annual Members Meeting the election of Peter Godwin as the president. Godwin succeeds Kwame Anthony Appiah, who served as president for the last… More
Peter Godwin Elected as President of PEN American Center
PEN American Center, the largest branch of the world’s oldest literary and human rights organization, announced today at its Annual Members Meeting the election of Peter Godwin as its… More
PEN Welcomes Paul Morris as Director of Membership, Marketing, Literary Awards
PEN is pleased to announce the appointment of Paul Morris as Director of Membership, Marketing, and Literary Awards, and the promotion of Jasmine Davey to Coordinator of Membership, Literary… More
PEN Welcomes Peter Godwin and Clinton Ives Smullyan Jr. to Board of Trustees
The Board of PEN American Center, the largest branch of the world’s oldest literary and human rights organization, voted at their meeting on October 20, 2011, to appoint Peter… More
PEN Commends 2011 Nobel Literature Laureate Tomas Tranströmer
PEN American Center congratulates Tomas Tranströmer, an active member of Swedish PEN, on his selection to receive the 2011 Nobel Prize for Literature. More
PEN Welcomes Deji Olukotun as First Freedom to Write Fellow
PEN American Center today announced that Deji Olukotun, a lawyer and writer with extensive international development and advocacy experience, is the recipient of a new Ford Foundation-sponsored 18-month fellowship… More